Absolutely No Profiling! Pause a moment, reflect back, and take the following multiple choice test. These events are actual events from history..

1. 1968 Bobby Kennedy was shot and killed by: a.. Superman b. Jay Leno c. Harry Potter d. A Muslim male extremist between the ages of 17 and 40 2. In 1972 at the Munich Olympics, athletes were kidnapped and massacred by : a. Olga Corbett b. Sitting Bull c. Arnold Schwarzenegger d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40 3. In 1979, the US embassy in Iran was taken over by: a. Lost Norwegians b. Elvis c. A tour bus full of 80-year-old women d . Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40 4. During the 1980's a number of Americans were kidnapped in Lebanon by: a. John Dillinger b. The King of Sweden c. The Boy Scouts d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40 5. In 1983, the US Marine barracks in Beirut was blown up by: a. A pizza delivery boy b. Pee Wee Herman c.. Geraldo Rivera d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40 6. In 1985 the cruise ship Achille Lauro was hijacked and a 70 year old American passenger was murdered and thrown overboard in his wheelchair by: a. The Smurfs b. Davey Jones c. The Little Mermaid d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

7. In 1985 TWA flight 847 was hijacked at Athens , and a US Navy diver trying to rescue passengers was murdered by: a. Captain Kidd b. Charles Lindberg c. Mother Teresa d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40 8. In 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 was bombed by: a. Scooby Doo b. The Tooth Fairy c. The Sundance Kid d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40 9. In 1993 the World Trade Center was bombed the first time by: a. Richard Simmons b. Grandma Moses c. Michael Jordan d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40 10. In 1998, the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were bombed by: a. Mr. Rogers b. Hillary Clinton , to distract attention from Wild Bill 's women problems c. The World Wrestling Federation d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40 11. On 9/11/01, four airliners were hijacked; two were used as missiles to take out the World Trade Centers and of the remaining two, one crashed into the US Pentagon and the other was diverted and crashed by the passengers. Thousands of people were killed by: a. Bugs Bunny, Wiley E. Coyote, Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd b. The Supreme Court of Florida c. Mr. Bean d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40 12. In 2002 the United States fought a war in Afghanistan against: a. Enron b. The Lutheran Church c. The NFL d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40 13. In 2002 reporter Daniel Pearl was kidnapped and murdered by: a. Bonnie and Clyde b. Captain Kangaroo c Billy Graham d.. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40 No, I really don't see a pattern here to justify profiling, do you? So, to ensure we Americans never offend anyone, particularly fanatics intent on killing us, airport security screeners will no longer be allowed to profile certain people..They must conduct random searches of 80-year-old women, little kids, airline pilots with proper identification, secret agents who are members of the President's security detail, 85-year old Congressmen with metal hips, and Medal of Honor winner and former Governor Joe Foss, but leave Muslim Males between the ages 17 and 40 alone lest they be guilty of profiling.

Foot note: Fort Hood Texas .Another Muslim 39 years old killed 13 people and wounded 30 some odd others... Does this fit the profile ?

NOW OUR COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF IS TELLING EVERYONE THAT THE YOUNG MUSLIM THAT ATTEMPTED TO BLOW UP A NORTHWEST/DELTA JET AS IT APPROACHED DETROIT ON CHRISTMAS DAY WAS (QUOTE) "AN ISOLATED INCIDENT". YOU HAVE GOT TO BE bleep ME OR WHAT!!! "PLEASE DON'T PEE ON MY LEG AND TELL ME IT'S RAINING."

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bigbearomaha

Are you completely sure those events in the test weren't really committed by secret agents of the U.S. gov't and it's uber-rich corporate and legacy super-rich secret societies of elites that really control the gov't?

I mean, it is common knowledge around other countries in the world that the U.S. gov't is nothing more than the new face of imperialist dominators and they have the tacit, if not ignorant approval of the spoiled and rude American citizens.

I just want to keep you out of trouble for trying to frame up a bunch of completely innocent patriots and religious martyrs who are only defending their countries and way of life from our ruthless, conniving ways.

Everybody profiles. If they say they don't, I question their honesty and maybe even their sanity. You cannot tell me that if Mr. and Mrs. white, upper middle class suburbanites are sitting in their den watching Dancing With the Stars and hear a knock at the door and look outside to see a couple of young Mexican, black, Indian or even white people who maybe dressed differently than they do, and not immediately profile them. I have friends that ride Harley's that tell me people are afraid to look at them because of their dress and mode of transportation. All the while, these friends are respectable law abiding citizens. It is way past tie we quit the PC crap and be honest with each other. Hmmmm.

i remember getting "the look" when i took my son to a friends bday party in an all black neighborhood. you don't have to be white to profile! :-)

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.....The greatest changes occur in their country without their cooperation. They are not even aware of precisely what has taken place. They suspect it; they have heard of the event by chance. More than that, they are unconcerned with the fortunes of their village, the safety of their streets, the fate of their church and its vestry. They think that such things have nothing to do with them, that they belong to a powerful stranger called “the government.” They enjoy these goods as tenants, without a sense of ownership, and never give a thought to how they might be improved.....

Amen Kathy. Allen, don't misunderstand me, I like DWS myself. I was just using a popular show as an example. My wife used to think I just watched for the skimpy outfits. But when I am spouting out critiquesas the dance is going on, she knows I am looking at the footwork. "Look at her arm" "He is way out of time" etc.

I think the concept of profiling from the point of view of those who feel slighted is when they get treated with disrespect. If I am a Muslim male between the ages of 17 and 40 who believes we are all children of Allah and I treat everyone with respect and I am not a terrorist, then I am insulted when you treat me like I am one. On the other hand if you look more closely at me, but do so respectfully, I may not be so offended.

Being treated as guilty simply because of your race makes you feel falsely accused.

Profiling, if it is done respectfully, it can be simply narrowing the field to save the time and effort of screening everyone. If done disrespectfully it can be the direct cause of more ill feelings in a world that has too many already.

"Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me . . . Anything can happen, child. Anything can be"

I have met both types of cops and I find I have no problem dealing with the first one. The second one is likely to hear some choice words back.

I have also seen security guards give one group of people the evil eye, based on age, skin color, the way they are dressed and others they have no "mean mug" for at all.

If ones job is security, it is very possible to scrutinize and observe people as suspects without doing it in an obvious or openly hostile way. yet there are examples of people in law enforcement and security positions that telegraph their valuations and suspicions to others and there is no professional need to do so.

However, there are some people who walk around this planet thinking that everyone else in the world is beneath them or that the world owes them something and common manners and objectivity isn't enough. These folks want people to defer to them and cater to their enlarged sense of entitlement or there will be hell to pay.

it happens, there are people all around us like that and usually, the folks who think they should be given special treatment will make a huge fuss and create a scene about how they were treated so "badly" because no one looked the other way or treated them like everyone else.

Making someone wait in line to have their luggage checked like everyone else is an insult to someone with an enlarged ego.

Of course I am not a left wing radical liberal. If you are, this was a trick test. This test probably left you scratching your head for the answer. The answer for you would of been "e". And the answer filled in for "e" would be.....now stay with me.....BUSH! :-D

"In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the person's becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an American...There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag...We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language...And we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people."

being very white and very male I have no problem with profiling... imagine that????

I suspect the problem is really more in the context of how something is done than anything else. Attitude of the authorities is the key here and as some have said no one wants to be viewed at as being guilty simply based on how they look or the color of their skin.

as I suspect Iddee might know ??? it would not be so difficult to make a similar list which would APPEAR like an inditement against white male christian.

sadly most folks (I assume???) don't see the common thread beyond the age/ethnic origin in all the questions Iddee has constructed. evidently some folks would rather promote fear than come to an understanding of the root of the problem. invariable the folks that promote fear are more reactionary in their nature than in resolving the problem. I am not certain why they haven't learned that simply beating up some perceived (and often time manufactured) enemy has never resolved a single problem.

Tec says: "evidently some folks would rather promote fear than come to an understanding of the root of the problem."

Iddee says: "Some people try to stay alive long enough to take care of the problem."

IE: Some people will kill yellow jackets while pampering honey bees. Both stinging insects, but profiling is used, in IMHO, successfully.

Some of us use the same strategy when dealing with humans.

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"Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me . . . Anything can happen, child. Anything can be"